Drivers must share road with pedestrians

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Oct 27, 2007 at 12:01 AMOct 27, 2007 at 1:44 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

Tom DeSchriver's column in the Oct. 19 Record was right on the mark.

We live at the corner of Dreher Avenue/Reish Road and Vineyard Drive/Tanite Road, the intersection where Mr. Davis was struck by a vehicle in the tragic accident last weekend. Dreher and Reish are clearly marked with 25 mile per hour speed limit signs and warnings for drivers to slow for children, for good reason.

There is no sidewalk or shoulder for pedestrians to use, but children and joggers frequent the roads.

There is a hill on Reish just south of the intersection with Vineyard and Tanite that prohibits drivers cresting it from either direction from seeing what is in the road ahead of them until they pass the summit.

For anyone driving above the posted limit, this line of sight is too late; there is no margin for error.

Yet, drivers routinely speed down these roads. While it is unclear if speed contributed to Mr. Davis' injury, unsafe road conditions undoubtedly did.

Worse still, these conditions are symptomatic of the Stroudsburg area. Pedestrians here must share roads with vehicles. Many drivers not only do not respect this, but seem to resent it.

Mr. DeSchriver ended with the question, "What will the response be?" Adding areas for people to travel safely on the side of roads would be ideal, but is unlikely here. The only practical response must come from the people who are causing the problem. Drivers have to respect the fact that in our community pedestrians are forced to share the road with them, and drive accordingly. The best way to honor Mr. Davis and the other victims of the sad situation that exists on our roads is to obey posted limits and drive with your neighbors in mind.

FRANCES WOO

Stroudsburg

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